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[Nighttime. It feels so different when the sky is void of the usual summer mugginess and over-cast skies that often clouded the skies of Iwatodai. It seemed, for the first time since leaving The Door, Minako could finally breathe again.]

I don't know why I waited so long to come up here. The view's unreal. [She is dangling her necklace in front of her, letting it swing like a pendulum in front of the waxing crescent moon. Ten more days, give or take.] Anyone still awake enough to come join me?

[She'd mentioned star-gazing before to some of her fellow campers. They hadn't made an organized effort to make it happen just yet, but surely they wouldn't mind her testing the waters, so to speak.]

What time is it? Don't wanna miss curfew... [She sat up on the roof, lifting her hands to slip her necklace back over her head when a soft skidding noise made her jolt.] ..... [She went still suddenly, though her breath caught. She'd slid down a few good inches of the roof, but her foot maintained some bit of traction.] Eheh...that was close!

[She starts to push herself back up to where she was sitting, but what traction her foot had managed was once again lost, and this time her sliding decent didn't stop.]

[[ooc: Cabin 11 folks, feel free to hear the commotion on the roof and the consequential sound of Minako falling off someone off the side of the cabin. Of course action is open to anyone on camp if they want to come check on her!]]

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[Akihiko hears that familiar voice and can’t help stiffening. The way he left off their last conversation was rude. He feels compelled to apologize. Would Minako hear him out right now? Either way, he has to try.

As he starts heading over to her cabin, he sees Minako losing her balance on the rooftop.]

Shit-!

[He starts pumping his legs, diving into an instant sprint. It’s unlikely that he’ll reach her on time, but if she needs medical attention, he can at least carry her somewhere.

By the time Akihiko reaches Cabin 11, his heart is pounding like crazy, and for more than one reason. He circles around the building, looking up at the sky, then back down at the ground, for any signs of his fallen leader.]

Minako? Minako! Where are you?!

[Oh don't worry -- she's quite safe! In fact Akihiko can see that there are pieces of earth forming a makeshift slide from the roof's top to the ground that helped her fall gently somewhat, before she landed on something.

There were (probably) worst ways to awaken one's powers, but even now the world wasn't kind to Eikichi. He had simply been returning to the cabin for a little shut-eye; after all Michel needed his beauty sleep (even if the cabin was always jammed packed). He'd only been here for a short time, and honestly had no idea who his god parent was going to be. Yet the moment he had seen Minako start to fall, something in him had stirred up and before he knew it, pieces of marble and earth had erupted from the ground by his command. This could have been fantastic! A heroic moment that Michel could have bragged about, possibly...

The only problem is the earthly slide pointed right to him and by the time he realized it, Minako had already slammed and landed on top of him.

So now there was no victory, just pain.]

...ow.

[Don't worry, he'd get over it. Probably.

Even if his everything would hurt tomorrow.]

[It wasn't until Minako landed that she noticed that her eyes were closed. A dull pain was throbbing on her left side somewhere, but considering the distance of the fall, everything hurt so far, so she couldn't quite pinpoint the origin.]

...u...ugh...[Had she hit a tree? She slowly moved her right arm, which seemed to be the only thing on her that had managed to get out unscathed, and started running her hand across her body in search of broken twigs or fallen leaves, but...]

Bwuh--! [Finally her eyes started to return to focus, and she noticed the up-turned hearth, her scuffed and soiled clothing--] O-oh! [And a young man sandwiched between her and her landing place.

She still had most of the wind knocked out of her, but she could still wheeze out a few words.] ...did you catch me?

......

[Akihiko finds them in that heap, and while he does appreciate the fact that Minako is safe, he also feels sorry for the poor guy underneath her. It must've been a real shock for him, to suddenly get landed on like that.]

Sheesh...

[He bends down and easily picks Minako up into his arms, not even bothering to give her a chance to protest his action. After setting her back down onto her feet, he turns his attention to the guy on the ground.]

Hey, uh... Are you okay? Do you need help getting up? [Just in case, Akihiko extends his hand toward him, to lend his support.]

...

[He would have said something, but his chest was in no position for speaking some more. It was only when Akihiko pulled Minako from above him did Eikichi find his voice again, sadly for everyone involved. He takes Akihiko's hand to pull himself up and...dang he's a pretty tall guy and makes even Shinjiro look tiny. With a sigh, he dusts himself off and quickly adjust his hair.]

Tch! Here Michel was hoping to stage a rescue for a beautiful babe, but he didn't expect her to slam right into him! [He looks over to Minako.]

You alright?

[Minako's still reeling, the world not quite yet coming to a full stop before Akihiko's arms snuck between her and Michel, scooping her up with near-fluid ease.

Minako watches Michel in bewilderment, her face sporting a pretty healthy blush in spite of the sudden wave of nausea washing over her. The fall shook her pretty good, and she wasn't sure if she'd be able to keep her dinner down after that...but her stupefied expression quickly waned as she realized how, well 'damsel-y' she looked.]

I-I'm fine..! I just...[She started to squirm in Akihiko's arms, fully intending to step down, but was quickly seized by another shot of pain up her side.] Owww!!!

Yeah, well, that's what happens when you have improper footing... [Akihiko deadpans in response. Yes, he is basically calling Minako reckless. What in the hell had she done that for, without getting proper balance first?]

[Akihiko shoots her a reprimanding look as he snaps impatiently.] Hold still, damn it! We don't exactly have healing spells readily available here!

[Oops. There's definitely still some tension lingering between them. Though it's not this guy's fault...]

Michel, right? Thanks for... well... [Okay, he didn't catch Minako on purpose, but still.] Are you injured too?

Edited 2013-06-20 03:32 (UTC)

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